The Republican journal., 1887-07-28
Maine Matters.
INTEREST ATE ENTKAbITloN.

| Maine Matters
| NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
| INTERSTATE ENTEAD1TiON.
| Governor Bo,lwel has received letter from
| the Executive department of the State of New
| York, of which the following is Il very full
abstract:
| July u, 1887.
| SIR: The dcsirabi,y of a uniform system
of rules and practice in the matter of the in
| ter-statc cXtradition of fustiveS from justice
| seems to be conceded.
| While the regulations and the practice of the
| States in general may be considered substantial
| ly similar, they are widely divergent in details
| and particular requirements.
| In consequence of the increase of the crinl-
inal class the large additions made to the num-
| Der of crimes at common law by statutory en-
actments resulting from the growth of our
commercial system, and the increased facilities
| of travel between the States in recent years,
the necessity of improving the present inhar-
monlous procedure in this important branch of
criminal law seems clearly to exist.
| 1t can hardly be doubted that in many i'll
stances fleeing criminals are afforded an ol,-
| portunity of escaping from the consequences
OF their acts, that vcNatious delays often occur
and that unnecessary expense results hy reason
| of the want of Il mutually established system
| of cXtradition regulations.
| With view of correcting these evils, corre-
| spondence has been had with the Governors of
the states which adjoin New York as to the
| propriety of concerted action by all Governors
| in the adoption of uniform system of rules
and practice. As the result of this correspond
| cncc it has been decided to call conference of
! representatives of the different States and Ter
ritorics to meet at the Murray Hill Hotel in the
| city OF New I ork at noon on the 231 day of
| August, 1887. 1t is probable that it will he AZ
ranged to hold the session at the rooms of The
New York Bar Association.
1ou are, therefore, urgently invited to join
| in the proposed conference by sending Il dele
gate to the same and it is desirable that you
| notify the Governor of New York, at the car
Iiest possible date, of your acceptance or dccIi-
| nation of the invitation.
Theodore W. Dwight LII. d., warden of the
| Columbia College Law school. and Samuel +.
| Spear, the eminent writer on the law of inter
| national and instcrstatc eNtratliton. have been
| invited to meet with the representatives.
OLIVER AAIES,
Governor of Massachusetts.
| EBENEZER J. ORMSBEE.
Governor of Vermont.
L. L. Lou NSBUEf,
Governor of Connecticut.
JAMES A BEAVER.
Governor of Pennsylvania.
DAVID Il. HILL,
Governor of New York.
The Governor has replied to the letter, and
will appoint 4 delegate.
STRANGE CASE AND IT'S ENDING.
Last December an article appeared in the
Portland Press with the heading. "A Strange
Case" and was republished in the journal.
lt gave an account of the sickness of the wife
of Mr.. W. O. Jones, who resides on Forest
Avenue, ,Deering, of the firm of Jones Il Hutch
ings, machinistS, Fore street. 1t told how Mrs.
Jones had been Il sufferer for five or ten Years,
and how she was attacked in December and
given up by her DOCTOR who several times
Sl,n ltrt. f.,,-
1t also gave description of her unconscious
state. lasting from Saturday at p. NJ, until
tuesday at3 A. NJ, portion of which time She
was supposed to be dead, and durin" which time
she saw, as she related after returning to CON
>ciouSnl>>. her mother and many beautiful
sights in the spiritual world. A correspondent
of the Press of Saturday last says Mrs. Jones
fingered through the winter, suffering intense
pain at times, but improving 4 little in strength.
During the spring she was able to sit up, md
part of the time was quite comfortable. Some
two weeks ago She was worse and her suffer-
ing more severe, if that was possible, than
last winter, and grew more intense, the
pain reaching every part of her body. Monday,
July 1lth, about o'clock III the morning, she
was released from her suffering, For the last
ten hours she was wholly unscoiiSciouS. She
had gone to sleep. and awokc i'll the light OF
higher world. This was as She had arlcntIy
desired. She expressed to ne this wish many
times during her sickness and it i gratifying
to her family that her desire was granted. Tho
case is 4 remarkable onn 1t batllcl the doctors.
1t seems that her desire to live and hcrgre will
power dominated the forces of disease. Eut it
should he said here that she became, in the
progress of her sickness perfectly reconci!ei
to 80, and during the latter part of her suffer-
Ing this was the burden of her prayer; for rs
she said, The way had been made bright" to
her. Her case was remarkable again because
of her personal care over her children, even
while suffering the most intense pain, But her
many conversations with them and her tender
advice, trust, will he remembered hv them
and needed. Her two little girls and her oldest
child, Il son, for whom she felt the greatest
licitude, will carry with them wherever they
20 those sacred scenes when ut her bedside
they received her mothcry benediction and her
loving counsel.
L. NJ. {. PERSONALS.
Miss Lena Wilson is tcacIingai f.astAruok.
Me.
James L. Buckley is engaged at Il. H. ~to-
Vcr'S drug store.
Smith has recently executed line view Of the
Seminary buildings.
1t. Col. ;. p. laGros> is to instruct in mill
tarv tactics next wear.
A. II. White is announced a> 81 Scr.t. Go.
b.. Maine State College.
1t is reported that Oscar kali>i Will enter Il
school of Pharmacy this fall.
Chas. f.. Rogers is hook-tcrrer ut the thica-
80 Bcef-packng establishment, Bangor.
'Sl.-M>S Jennie Sowa is teaching i'll the
West side Grammar school. Bangor.
Miss Wilson will attend the National Educa-
tional Association, at Chicago, in July.
Prof. W. 5. Mcdonald was in town recently.
He is interested in Ia"yy'> Anatomical Chart.
Miss Maud llodg'lon is teaching a Seal Cove.
She visited us 1T Commencement, and intends
to return to the Seminary next term.
'S6.W. NJ. Crawford and +. ii. IIadIock of
Boston University, J. Z. Burke and II. Il.
Hatch of Colby University, spent Commence
mcnt week at Buck>poft.
'S,.-Mis> Jennie Sherman, who graduated ut
the Seminary in 81, and her sister, Miss May
Sherman. Il former student, spent Commence
ment week iii Buck>port. They now reside at
Andovcr. Mass.
THE FOURTH NAMES FIRST CArrIE
w. T. Crockett, in the Rockand Courier
Guzettc. tells how the Fourth Maine Regiment
captured the first prisoner of war. The men
were new recruits and full Of zeal and We're
accompanied or followed by fifty or more Els
worth Iouavc>, anxious to avcngc the death OF
their late commander. Suddenly two rebel
soldiers We're discovered. calmly eating break
fast in Il pasture. The boys in cray discovered
their enemy at about the same time. and live
ly chase ensllcd. BY heading OIL the Southcrncr>
and waiting in ambush behind Il tree the narrator
halted one Of the gray-coatS. Just then the
ZouayeS came up and insisted on killing the
prisoner. The Maine man objected and took
fight, and turned his gun towards the Zouayc>,
emerging triumplantiy with his prisoner I'M
harmed. The latter proved to be Il young man.
only three months out of Harvard College. He
was afterwards exchanged, ran the blockade,
went to Europe, and is now Il lawyer in Texas.
MONUMENT FOR TIE FIFTH MAINE.
At Browns photograph rooms. 30 Middle St..
Portland. may be seen the design submitted by
the lIallowell Granite Company for the Monu-
mcnt to be erected at Gettysburg by the state
of Maine to mark the spot occupied by the
Fifth Maine Regiment during the battle on
July >, 1865. The height of the monument
will be eleven feet, and it will weigh ten tons.
inches by | foot 10 inches. On this is inscribed:
FIFTH REGIMENT,
MAINE Volt NTEER INFANTRY.
ID BRIG, 1Sr DIVISION,
9TH CORPS.
The Maine coat of arms. and trophies, with
the 9th Corps cross, are all shown on the tab
let, with appropriate inscriptions on the other
three sides of the monument. 1t is intended
to have Il base feet inches by 4 feet. a
photograph of the battlefield. in the possession
of Mr.. Brown, shows the exact position the
monument will occupy.
ANOTHER DEER PARK.
The New York gentlemen, who. under the
| name of Megantic Fish 4 Game Club, are en-
gagged in establishing 4 game preserve on
large scale, bid fair to have numerous mitators.
Certain parties have been endcavoring to pllr-
chase a block twelve miles square, on Machias
River, for deer park, says the MachiaS Union.
They desire to own the land in common with
the present proprictors. the former to cultivate